In Search of Self in India and Japan

by Roland, Alan

• ISBN13: 9780691024585
• ISBN10: 0691024588
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-04-01
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

A prominent American psychoanalyst explores inner worlds that are markedly different from the Western psyche.

Author Biography

Alan Roland is a practicing psychoanalyst in New York City. He is on the faculty and Board of Directors of the National Psychological Association for Psycho-analysis. From 1979 to 1985 he was a Research Associate and Senior Research Scholar at the Southern Asian Institute, Columbia University

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: The Familial Self, the Individualized Self, and the Spiritual Self	p. 3
The Indian and Japanese Self and Social Change
Indian Identity and Colonialism	p. 17
Psychoanalysis in India and Japan	p. 55
The Familial Self, Individualization, and the Modernization Process	p. 89
The Dynamics of Change in Urban Indian and Japanese Women	p. 146
The Indian Self: Reflections in the Mirror of the American Life Style	p. 195
The Indian and Japanese Self: Theoretical Perspectives
The Indian Familial Self in Its Social and Cultural Contexts	p. 209
The Indian and Japanese Familial Self	p. 242
The Spiritual Self: Continuity and Counterpoint to the Familial Self	p. 289
Conclusions: Psychoanalysis in Civilizational Perspective	p. 312
Glossary	p. 335
References	p. 349
Index	p. 369
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